Embroidery machine



' Jan. 16,1923.

J. A. LEVI ET AL. EMBROIDERY MACHINE.

FILED MAR. 30, 1922.

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. I. A. LEVI ET AL.

EMBROIDERY MACHINE.

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J. A. LEVI ET AL.

EMBROiDERY MACHINE.

FILED MAR. 30. 1922.

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"g: n '2 t" 2"?1 a n e n a v. U i. it i its iii S i i. if ll JAY/[ES.c'l. LEVI, 9F NET 293K; El. 511, D .QTTO PLOETNER, OF NOR-TF1 BERGEN,NEVU' JERSEY, .ASSEG-NGBS TO ELESCO LACE AND EBTBEOIDEEY 00., INC., ACOBFOEATIQN OF NEW JERSE".

Application filed March 30, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES A. Lnvi and Qrro Pnoiirimn, citizens oi theUnited States, the former a resident oi the city, county and State orNew York, and t1, latter a resident of North Bergen. in th, county ofHudson and State of. new J sey, have invented certain new and useiiulimprovements in Embroidery Machines of which the following is aspecification.

fur invention relates to embroidery ma chines and particularly to anattachment the :tor whereby the pattern is formed by sewing on, to afabric such material as cord. braid, chenille, threaded beads, or othermaterials tor producing ornamentation on the fabric. in such machinesprovided with an attachment embodying our invention the ornamentingmaterial does not pass through the needles but is sewed to the tabric bythe thread carried in the needles.

An object of our invention is to provide a machine of the class desc ied with guidmeans "for the material that is to be sewed upon the fabric.

.i-inother object is to provide means for controlling the means which goides the material to be sewed on to the fabric in such way as tomaintain the guiding mean position ahead of the needle along the ot' thedesign, a further object bein to p vent nto lerence between the guidinmeans and stitching mechanism and to preserve synclu'onism in theoperations thereof.

.iinother object of our invention to provide means for controlling themeans which guides the material to be sewed upon the fabric in such away that the material will positively and automatically be drawnalternately opposite sides of the line. of the do sign in synchronisinwith the stitching mechanism. The attainment of this object is ofparticular importance when the material which is sewed on to the fabricis oi: such a nature that the needles cannot or preferably should notpass tlii'ouoh the la-- torial as in the case of a cord r threadedbeads, or threads comprising metallic fibers.

Another object of our invention is to provide mechanism -for maintainingthe proper tension in the material to be sewed onto the fabric andcomprising slack adjusting means for the material to be sewed on to thefabric which will withdraw any slack in the material to he sewed on whenthe guiding Serial No 547,984.

means therefor is moved in such a direction as to tend to produce anyslack in the matcrial. and which will feed the material when the guidingmeans is moved in a direction which would tend to produce extra tensionvtherein.

Other and further objects and advantaoes of our invention will appearfrom the toilowing specification taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings formin a part thereof and in. which:

E l is an end view of an embroidery machine, embodying our invention,parts of said emlu'oidery machine which. are not modified by ourintention being broken away or generally indicated.

Fig. 2 is a top View of the construction shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. is a detailed view on the line 3-3 of Fi 2.

F '4 is a partial detailed view, and

8 is a sectional view on the line 88 cl min. i.

(aninvention is adaptable to well-known tvpes of eiibroidcry machinesand it is therelore. unnecessary to illustrate and describe the completemechanism of such a machine. However, parts of such a machine have beenindicated in the drawings, in order to illustrate the adaptatimi theretoof one embodiment of our invention which we have illustrated for thepurpose of disclosing our invention. in l, the frame 1 which may beoperated by a pantograph or any wellknown automatic embroidery framecontrollirg-incchanisin, carries the fabric 2, one of the fabriccarrying rollers 8 being shown. The usual shuttle operating mechanism 5mounted on the machine frame, parts 1 of which shown, operates theshuttle 6 in a nown manner. The needle bar 7 caril. plurality of needles8 and is operated in a. well-known manner by means of the operating ears9. These bars are operated in a well known manner as stated from themain shaft 10. Each needle 8 is supplied with thread 11 which passesover the usual tension rods 12 which pass as is well-known from one endof the machine to the other. Associated with each. needle is a materialof the machine it may be desirable to have.

several devices distributed along); the length of the machine in thesame manner for movthe guide supporting: rod 14 but in order mplify ourdescription only one of these be described. The shafts 15, 16 17 18, and19 may all or only some of them run the entire length of the machine, ifseveral devices are used if 1' moving bar 1 1. Shafts 15, 1, 17 and 18are in any event operated from the main drive shaft as hereinafter morefully described. Supported upon the shafts 16 17 and 19 a frame men'iber20 as well shown in Figs. 41- and This frame member is provided withcars 21 at its upper and lower portions which carry rods 22. A sub-framemember 23 (see Fig. is pro vided with ears 24; at its upper and lowerportions through which the rods 22 pass so that the sub-frame member mayslide up and down upon the rods 22. The sub-frame member carries bracketarms 25 to which are attached plates 26 (see Fig. 6) which support therods 27 which may run from one end of the machine to the other and whichpass through openings in the blocks 28 which carry the guide supportingbar 14-. Extending out from each sub-frame 23 are cars 29 to which aneccentric strap 30 is pivoted by the pin 31. Within the eccentric strap30 runs an eccentric 32 splined to the shaft 17. It will thus be seenthat a rotation of the shaft 17 will by reason of the operation of theeccentric 32 in the strap 30 cause the sub-frame 23 to slide up and downupon the rods 22 of the main frame 20 and cause the arms 25 to move upand down carrying;- the rods 27 up and down impartan up and down motionto the guide carrying bar 14. In one face of each block 28 there is slotin which fits a block 86 having an opening into which fits a stud 37.The stud 3? is carried by a rocker arm 38 pivoted at 39 in the face ofthe frame 20 and carrying; at its lower end a stud 10 which fits into acam slot 41 in the cam 12 which is splined upon the shaft- 16. It willthus be seen that a rotation of the shaft 16 will cause the cam slot 411to act upon the stud 4-0 to rock the arm 38 about its pivot 39 so thatthe stud 37 will cause the block 28 to slide back and forth upon therods 27 and the guide carrying bar 14 being mounted upon with therecinrocatory movements imparted by a rotation of either of the shafts17 or 16. The cam 4-2 being fixed between the arms 17 of the frame 20 byits bosses 12 and splined to the shaft 16 and the eccentric being); xedhetween the arms as of the frame 20 by its hosses 32 and splined to theshaft 1! they will be moved along with the frame 20 when the threadedmember 41 1- is rotated.

Referring to Fig. 6 A indicates the points where the needlesreciprocate. If a guide 13 is at the position I rotation of the shaft 17will cause the guide to reciprocate between positions 1 and H, orrotation of the shaft 16 wi 1 cause the guide 13 to reciprocate betweenthe positions l and IV. If the guide is in the position ll rotation ofthe shaft 16 will cause it to reciprocate between the positions H andIll. If the shaft 19 has been rotated to bring the guide 13 to theposition V rotation of the shaft 17 will cause the guide 13 toreciprocate between the positions l and i l.

The material 58 to be sewed onto the fabric is fed from spools supportedon the shaft 51 carried on the main frame by the brackets 52. Thematerial passes around tension roller 53 and over a guide'har 54 carriedby the bracket 55 from the needle carryibar 7 and then through theguides 13. The tension roller 53 is freely supported on a shaft 53 and acollar 56 adjustably fastened to the shaft 5?) by setscrer-/ ries a.spring; tension spider 5? against the end of the tension roller 50produce the necessary tension in the material. 58. If the guide 13 isrecipi'ocated between the points I and ll or V and Fl there wil be slackin the material 58 each time the guide rises and a pull on the materialthe tension therein each. time the guide goes down. In order to removethis slack or feed the material to insure that the guide will postivelydraw the material along the proper line during the stitching, we haveprovided slack adjusting means as follows: a ratchet wheel 60 is fixedto shaft 53 and an arm 60 swinging on the shaft 53' has pivoted to itdouble acting: pawl 61 and a rod 62 which leads down to a crank oreccentric pin 63 carried by the shaft 18 which is driven from the shaft17 as hereinafter described. Carried on the main driving shaft 10 is apulley 64- which may be connected to the shaft 10 by a one-positionclutch 64. 1* one-position clutch is used in order to premeaeae serveproper synchronism between the stitching and guide moving mechanisms.The pulley (i l drives the belt 65 which in turn drives a pulley 66 onthe shaft- 15. The shaft 15 carries a gear 67 which drgear 68 looselymounted on the shaft 16 and a gear 69 loosely mounted on the shaft Ill.A gear 70 keyed to the shaft 1? drives a gear 71 keyed to the shaft 18to operate a sled adjusting mechanism. A clutch member 72 splined uponthe shaft LG-has in its c opposed to the gear 68 diametrically oppositenotches T2 for cooperation with the diametrically opposite lugs 73 onthe face of the gear 68. In its opposite face it has a single notch T lcooperating with a single ug 1'5 on the frame. Splined on the shaft .7is a clutch member 76 which has in its lace opposed to the gear 69 twodiametrically opposite notches which cooperate with corresponding lugs7? on the face of the gear 69. A clutch operating lever T8 is piv otedat 79 and carries a pin 80 cooperating with a groove 81 in the clutchmember '72 and a pin 82 cooperating with a groove 83 in the clutchmember 6. The clutch member '76 also has diametrically opposite notches84c cooperating with the lugs 85 on the frame. The lever 78 and clutchmemhers 72 and 76 together with the notches therein and the various lugsadapted to be accommodated by those notches constitute one embodiment ofour invention wherein the method of our invention may be fully carriedout. But it is obvious that various modifications of the clutcheswhereby the shafts 16 and 17 are driven and of t ie means for operatingthose clutches may be made without departing from the spirit of ourinvention. Embroidery machines of the type with which our invention isintended to he used are ordinarily controlled in a large part byautomatic devices that among; other things move the frame in order toproduce the desired design upon the fabric carried thereby and it isobvious that such devices well-known in this art for the control ofvarious operations of embroidery machines of the type with which ourinvention used could be employed to effect such control of the guidemoving mechanism of our invention that the same method of operationwould. be followed as is provided for by the specific mechanism that wehave shown and described, namely, the lever 78 and the clutches 72 and 76 that are operated thereby.

It will be observed that the gear 70 being; keyed to the shaft 17, willonly be rotated when the clutch 76 is in the position shown in Fig. 2,that is to say, it will only be rotated when the shaft 17 is rotated toreciprocate the guides between the positions I and II. or V and VI. Whenthe guides rise and fall a Withdrawing and feeding of the material 58 isnecessary in order to prevent undue Slacl: or tension. Rotation of thegear 70 will impart r ion to the gear 71 and through the eccentrur pin63 rcciprocm tion will he imparted to the link o2. Coiise quently arising and falling of the arm 13") will occur. The first rotation of theshaft 17 will cause a liftingof the guides 13 and downward pull on thelink 62 so that the pawl 61 will en iagge the ratchet wheel (5 androtate it clocirwise to withdraw the material 58. Further rotation. othe shaft 1'? and the eccentric 32 will cause the guides to descend butwill move the link {52 upwardly and the pawl 6i will impart acounterclockwise motion to the ratchet wheel 60 and effect a feedinc ofthe material that is wrapped around the drum or tension roller 53. Itwill thus be apparent that in one phase of the operation of the machineand during the motion of the guides 13 along a path crossing the line ofthe pattern or in order to keep them in advance of the needle there willautomatically be a feeding or withdrawing of the material 58.

The mechanism whereby the guides are reciprocated laterally can be loc dwhen the guides are in positions I or II by the stop lug 75 on the frameof the machine enter the recess M of the clutch member 72; andmechanical reciprocation between the positions I an l II can only beeffected when such locking existsv This follows since the clutch member76, which is mechanically rxmncct a? with the clutch member 72 throughthe lever 78 can only be sufliciently displaced on the shaft 17 in thedirection to establish a driving connection for this shaft, when theclutch member 72 has been displaced in the opposite direction tointerrupt the driving; connection for shaft 16 and the locking: lug 75has entered the recess in the clutch member 72. One revolution of theaft 1% is designed to effect one complete back and forth horizontalmotion of the guides 13 ainl the lug 75 is fixed to the frame of the n1- chine at such a point with relation to t clutch element 72, as willinsure stopping the guide bar 1% at the right hand limit o l itshorizontal travel by the lug '75 entering the recess 74: in the clutchelement This leaves the guides in position I or II 6) and the guidesmust be in this position be fore the clutch element 76 can be put intothe position shown in Fig. 2, for driving shaft 17 to effect verticalreciprocation of the guide members.

There can therefore in the normal or antomatic operation of the machinebe no mechanical reciprocation between positions III and IV but byrotation of the shaft 19 the guide can be carried while it is loclrcd inposition I over to position V and mechanical reciprocation betweenpositions V and VI may be made as though the reciprocation were betweenpositions I and II. The only difference is that the shank of the guide1.3 will lie on the opposite side of the line of reciprocation of theneedle from that in which it lay during the reciprocation betweenpositions 1 and TI.

If the guide is in the position I and the clutch lever 73 is in theposition shown in Fig. 2 and the clutch 6-1 is engaged, the shaft 1'?will be rotated and rause the guide to reciprocate between the points Iand IT and the slack adjusting mechanism will be operated from the gear70. if the clutch lever T3 is swung to the right in Fig. 2 the shaft 1.6will be driven and the guide 13 will reciprocate between the positions Iand 1V if the clutch 76 has left the lugs 77 in one position, orbet-ween the positions l1 and Ill if 'he clutch '1' 6 has left the lugs77 in the other of its two positions, nan'lely one half a. rotationremoved from the first position. it will be apparent that the adjustmentof the frame by the threaded member feel will not interfere with theoperation of the guide moving mechanism operated from the shafts 16 and17. There is preferably only one lug '75 for cooperation with the clutch72 as it is desired that when the shaft 16 stops rotating the cam 1-2will be in such a psoition that the guide 13 is either at position I orH, There are two lugs 85 cooperating with diametrically opposite notches8 1 in the clutch member 76 so that when the shaft 1'? stops rotatingthe guide 13 may be at either position I or 11. so that it mayreciprocate between positions I and IV or positions IT and TH when shaft16 is rotated. Shaft 16 may be rotated by the collar 88 and the shaft1'? may be rotated by the collar 89 or gear to secure minor adjustments.

The pulley 6-1- is preferably half as large as the pulley (56 so thatthe guide will make one reci n'ocation for each complete forward andbackward reciprocation of the needle bar 7 driven from the shaft 10 in awellknown manner.

If it desirable that the material to be. sewed on to the fabric shall bea flat braid or tape we mount a disk 90 in an enlarged loop 90 at thehead of the guide 13 as shown in F 7. The disk is provided with a slot91 for a tape and it rotates freely so that the material may be properlyapplied to the fabric without becoming twisted.

The guide 13 is so formed that its shank lies on the same side of theneedle when it is in all of the positions I, II, III, and 1V but itsshank is shifted to the opposite side of the needle when it is in eitherof the positions V or VI. It will therefore be apparent from the abovedescription that by providing only one lug for holding the clutch member72 in fixed position so that the cam 41-2 will always leave the guide atposition I or II the automatic guide moving mechanism can never carrythe guide across the line of reciprocation of the needle. It can only becarried across that line by manual operation of the shaft 19. it willfurthermore be apparent that if it is desirable to follow a designwithout moving the guide alternately to opposite sides thereof insynchronism with the stitch mechanism, the clutch lever 78 may be put ina neutral position and the shafts 16 and 17 may be rotated manuallyrespectively by their collars 88 or 89 to bring the guide 13 to anypoint between the positions I and H or I and TV or H and HI but notbetween the positions 111 and IV because the needle would be interferedwith in that case. If it is desired to position the guide 13 directly atthe left of the needle, it is brought to either position V or VI andthen adjusted by rotation of the shaft 17. It will thus be apparent thatthe guide may be more or less permanently positioned at any point alongthe lines which it may be made to follow by the automatic mechanism.

While we have described one embodiment of our invention in great detailfor the purpose of disclosingit, it is not intended that we shall belimited to the particular mechanism described; and it is especiallyintended that different methods of driving the shafts may be employed asit is to be understood that we have merely shown one arrangement forsecuring proper synchronism of the motion of the material guides 13 withthe stitching mechanism and whereb the guide is prevented from beingreciprocated across the line of reciprocation of the needle during thenormal automatic operation of the machine. Reeiprocation of the guideacross the line of the needle is not impossible as the needle isordinarily withdrawn far enough to permit the guide to move across itspoint and the cams and eccentrics are designed to mahe'thc shiftingmotion rapid as the guide crosses the line of the needle. It will beapparent however. that by the arrangement of clutches disclosed or anequivalent arrangement the automatic movement of the guides will nevercarry them to a position where they will interfere with the operation ofthe needles.

As above stated the fabric upon which the material is to be sewed iscarried by a frame operated in any wellknown manner. The operation ofsuch a frame includes the movement of the frame so that the needles willform the prescribed pattern. The frame may also be moved so that incases where cords and similar materials are being sewed upon'the fabricthe stitches will be made alternately on opposite sides of the exactline of the pattern and a slight distance from that line. The distancefrom the exact line at which the stitch may be placed is limited by twoconsiderations: the stitch must not be conspicuous and it must be closeenough to the cord or other similar mate rials to hold it very close tothe line of the pattern. The limitation of the distance from the line atwhich the stitch may be placed adds to the importance of our in vent-ionbecause the guides in shifting from one side of the line of the patternto the other carry the material well out of the way of the needle sothat the stitch may be very close to the line 'or in some cases exactlyupon it and the stitching thread will nevertheless properly cross overthe top of the material to hold t in place upon the fabric.

What we claim as new and desire to cure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an embroidery machine having stitching means including needles,guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, means for positivelyreciprocating the said guides in synchronism with the stitching means ina plane parallel with the plane or the fabric, and selective controllingmeans for determining the path for reciprocation of the guides,whichpath for each guide is constantly along a line all points of whichlie ahead of its respective needle in the direction of advance of theline of the design.

2. In an embroidery machine having stitching means including needles,guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric. means for positivelyreciprocating the said guides in synchronism with the stitching means ina plane parallel with the plane of the fabric across the line of thepattern, and selective controlling means for maintaining each guideahead of its respective needle as the direction of the line of thepattern changes.

3. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, means wherebysaid guides are reciprocated in a path ahead of the needles along theline of the pattern bein followed, and means for maintaining tension inthe material substantially constant.

4. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, and meanswhereby each guide may be reciprocated along the sides of a rectanglesubstantially surrounding the point of reciprocation of its respectiveneedle.

5. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, and meanswhereby each guide may be moved to positions along the sides of arectangle embracing the point of reciprocation of its respective needle.

6. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, and meanswhereby each guide may be reciprocated along straight lines togetherembracing substantially the point of reciprocation of its respectiveneedle.

7. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, and means forreciprocating each guide selectively along one of a plurality of linesin a plane parallel with the fabric.

8. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, and means forreciprocating each guide selectively along one of a plurality of linesin a plane parallel with the fabric, said lines together substantiallyenclosing the point of reciprocation of its respective needle.

9. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, means forsetting each guide at a plurality of positions, and means for positivelyreciprocating said guides along a plurality of lines from one of saidpositions and along a given line from the other of said positions.

10. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles. guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, and means forpositively reciprocating each guide in a plane parallel to the fabricalong lines at an angle to one another.

11. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, and meanswhereby each guide may be reciprocated along parallel lines on oppositesides of each needle.

12. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, means forreciprocating said guides along lines at an angle to one another andmeans operative to prevent reciprocation along one of said lines duringreciprocation along another of said lines.

13. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles. guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, means forreciprocating said guides between two points and between each of saidpoints and respectively two other points and means operative to preventreci pro action between said two last named points.

14:. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, means forreciprocating said guides between two points and between each of saidpoints and respectively two other points, means for preventingreciprocation between said two last mentioned points, and means forsetting said guides for reciprocation between points other than saidfirst named points and adjacent said last named points.

5. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric and means forreciprocating said guides along lines at an angle to one another andcomprising means for reciprocating said guides along one of said linesand including a clutch engagab-le at two positions to effectreciprocation of said guides and at one position to lock saidlast-mentioned means against operation, and means for reciprocating saidguides along the other of said lines including a clutch engagable at twopositions to effect reciprocation of said guides and at either of twopositions to lock said last-mentioned means against operation.

16.111 an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to he sewed onto the fabric, and means forreciprocating said guides in a plane parallel to the fabric alongselective portions of lines respectively substantially surrounding thepoints of reciprocation of the needles.

17. In an embrodiery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, means formoving said guides to positions ahead of the needles along the line ofthe pattern being followed, and means for feeding the material as saidguides are moved away from the supply thereof.

18. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, means formoving said guides to positions ahead of the needles along the line ofthe pattern being followed. and means for withdrawing the material asthe guides are moved toward the supply thereof.

l9. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, meansformoving said guides to positions ahead of the needles along the lineof the pattern being followed, and means for feeding the material assaid guides are moved in one direction and for withdrawing the materialas the guides are moved in another direction.

20. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, means formoving said guides to positions ahead of the needles along the line ofthe pattern being followed, means for imparting tension to the material,and means for feeding the material as said ineaeae guides are moved inone direction and for withdrawing the material as saidguides are movedin another direction.

21. In an embroidery machine of the horizontal needle type havingstitching mech anism including needles, a bar, guides mounted on thesaid bar for material to be sewed onto the fabric by the stitchingmeans, and means positively operated in sychronism with the stitchingmechanism for moving saidbar to carry the guides in a plane parallel tothe fabric alternately to points on opposite sides of the line of thedesign followed by their respective needles, said points being inadvance of the needles and said means carrying each of said guides fromone point to the other directly over a path all points of which areahead of its respective needle along the line of the pattern beingfollowed.

22. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, means forimparting translatory motion to said guides along straight linesparallel to the fabric to carry them to points about their respectiveneedles, and means for limiting the operation of saidlirst namedmeans toprevent accidental motion of said guides across the points ofreciprocation of the needles.

23. In an embroidery machine having stitching means including needles,guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, means for positivelyreciprocating said guides in synchronism with the stitching means acrossthe line of the pattern, means for producing tension in the material andmeans for feeding and withdrawing the material during reciprocation ofsaid guides to maintain constant the tension therein.

In an embroidery machine having stitching means including needles,guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, means for positivelyreciprocating said guides in synchronism with the stitching meansselectively along one of two pairs of intersecting parallel lines.

25. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles. guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric and means formoving each guide selectively along any one of four lines togethersubstantially surrounding the line of reciprocation of its respectiveneedle.

26.111 an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides-for material to be sewed ontothe fabric, a membermounted for sliding in a given direction, and a guide-supportingbarmounted on said member for sliding in a direction transverse to saidgiven direction.

27. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the vdirection transverseto said given stitching mechanism fabric, a member mounted for slidingin a given direction, a guide-supporting bar mounted on said member forsliding in a direction transverse to said given direction, and meanswhereby said member and bar may be reciprocated in synchronism "withsaid stitching mechanism.

28. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, member mountedfor sliding in given direction, a guide-supporting bar mounted on saidmember for sliding in a direction, and means whereby said member and barmay be selectively reciprocated in synchronism with said stitchingmechanism.

29. In an embroidery machine having including needles, for material tobe sewed onto the fabric, a member mounted for sliding in a givendirection, a guide-supporting bar mounted on said member for sliding ina direct-ion transverse to said given direction, an eccentricoperatively connected to said member to reciprocate it, and a camoperatively connected with said bar to reciprocate it.

80.1n an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, a membermounted for sliding in a given direction, a guide-supporting bar mountedon said member for sliding in a direction transverse to said givendirection, an eccentric operat-ively connected to said member toreciprocate it, a cam operatively connected with said bar to reciprocateit, and means for selectively operating said cam and eccentric.

31. in an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, means forreciprocating each of said guides in a given direction, means forlocking said first-named means when each guide is on a given side of itsrespective needle, means for reciprocating each of said guides in atransverse direction.

32. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles,

guides guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, means forreciprocating each oi said guides in a given difection, means forlooking first-named means when each guide is on a given side of itsrespective needle, means for reciprocating each or said guides in atransverse direction, and means for carrying each guide, while saidfirst named reciprocating means ioclzed, to the opposite side oi? itsrespective needle.

33. In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles guides for material to be sewed onto the fabric, a frame, membermounted on raid frame for sliding in a given direction. and aguide-supporting bar mounted on said member for sliding in a directiontransverse to said given direction, said tranic being adjustable toposition each guide on opposite sides of its respective needle.

34:, In an embroidery machine having stitching mechanism includingneedles, guides for material to be sewed onto the tabric,'means forimparting translatory motion to said guides along straight linesparallel to the fabric to carry said guides to points about theirrespective needles.

35. In an embroidery machine of the horizontal needle type, havingstitching means including needles, guides for material to be sewed ontothe fabric, means for positively reciorocating said guides insynchronism with the stitching means in a plane parallel with the planeof the fabric, each guide traversing a path all parts of which lie aheadof its respective needle in the direction of advance along the line ofdesign.

36. In an embroidery mac line of the horizontal needle type havingstitching means including needles, guides for material to he sewed ontothe fabric, means for positively reciprocating said guides insynchronism with the stitching means in a plane parallel with the planeof th fabric across the line of the pattern, and along paths all pointsof which lie ahead 01' their respective needles in the direction ofadvance along the line of design.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification.

JAMES A. LEVI. OTTO PLOETNER.

